Joseph whitby



(No Model.) J. WHITBY.

METHOD OF MAKINGBUTTON HOLES IN LEATHER GLOVES. No. 335,865. PatentedFeb. 9. 1886.

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METHOD OF MAKING BUTTON-=HOLES IN LEATHER GLOVES.

EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,865, dated February9. 1886.

Application filed September 19, 1885. Serial No. 177,516. (No model.)Patented in England November 13,1884, No. 14,983.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osErH WI-IITBY, of the firm of \Vhitby Brothers,of Yeovil, in the county of Somerset, England, glove-manufacturers, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Method of Making Button-Holesin Leather Gloves, of which the following isa full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to animproved method of making button'holes inleather gloves; and the object of it is to make the buttonholesstronger, thinner, and more ornamental than usual, and to usesewing-machines instead of hand-work, wholly or partly. For this purposeI employ woven or other fabric of silk, wool, cotton, linen, or othermaterial to bind the edges of the button-hole, instead of leather, asgenerally used' hitherto.

In some cases I employ leather in combination with fabrics describedabove or alone, but I attach it to the glove by a new method. I employstitches, which penetrate the material both of the glove itself and alsoof the bind ing, and I surround the buttoniiole with a ring or two ormore rings of such stitches. These stitches are most conveniently madeby a sewing-machine, but may be made by hand.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate are like views of anotherbutton-hole.

The buttonhole shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 is made with a binding, a, oflinen cloth sewed to the edges, and surrounded with two rings ofstitches, b. The button-hole shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 is a simplebacking of leather 0, attached to the glove by one ring of stitches, d.

The drawings show the nature of the in vention and the method ofcarrying it into effect, but other forms and combinations are possible.The binding and backing piece 0 (shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3) has abutton-hole slot in it, and the edge of the button-hole in the glove isturned inward, and the edge of the button-hole in the piece 0 isplacedagainst this turned-in portion of the glove, and stitches are passedthrough both turned edges, as" shown in Fig. 3. The piece 0 is then laidfiat upon the inner face of glove and stitched thereto by one or morerows of stitches, b, as shown.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is- The method of making button-holes which consists inturning the edge of the material of the article at the button-holeinward, then turning in the binding and backing piece at the edge of thebutton-hole to lie upon the turnedin portion of the article, thenstitching through the two turned-in portions, and, finally, stitchingthe binding and backing piece to the inner face of the article beyondthe but ton-hole, substantially as shown and described.

The foregoing specification of my improve ment in a method of workingbutton-holes in leather gloves signed by me this 14th day of July, 1885.

JOSEPH IVHITBY.

\Vitnesses: EDWARD RAYMOND, FREDERIC XVITTE.

